hassighedgehog Loc: Corona, CA

Probably not safe. This fungus was in a shopping area near me.

BudsOwl Loc: Upstate NY and New England

If I had my buddy Herbie with me he could tell you. He always carried a bag for mushrooms when we went grouse hunting. The other way is to pick a bunch, give some to your neighbor, and if he doesn’t get sick or die they are probably save 😂
Bud

SonyA580 Loc: FL in the winter & MN in the summer

Looks like a "Puff Ball"( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puffball) . If it is, it is edible. If you are not sure, don't eat it.

SharpShooter Loc: NorCal

You should just eat it, might be very magic...., might not!!! LoL
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jcboy3

If you are going to try to classify a mushroom, then you need to take better pictures. And you need to photograph the stem and underside of the cap as well as the top of the cap.

At any rate, it has characteristics of the False Parasol mushroom, which is highly poisonous.

Bipod

The photo doesn't show enough detail to be certain even of the genus.
Though superficially it looks Amanita-like. You would need to carefully
dig it out.

Any mushroom that hasn't been positively identified by an expert should
be considered unsafe.

This one has two strikes against it: it's a gilled fungi and it's white.
That includes several deadly species and dozens of poisonous ones,
but also many edible ones. DO NOT EXPERIMENT.

Here's the advice I have always followed:
* Never rely on a photo in a book or on a website--fungi are highly variable
and small details matter greatly
* Never eat any mushroom you have not positively identified to a species
(or species complex -- mushroom taxonomy is very tricky)
* Never eat a mushroom the first time you collect it
* Know all the common poisonous mushrooms in your area on sight
* Dig the mushroom out of the ground, so you can see all parts
* Cut it in half
* Use an identification key, which may require you to take a spore print,
crush a portion and see if it stains, tear off a piece and treat it with
potassium hydroxide etc.
* Never rely on a single characteristic to differentiate between edible
and poisonous species: use mutliiple traits.
* Be extremely suspicious of gilled fungi that grow from a bulb (volva),
especially if it has a white spore print -- it could be a deadly Death Cap
(Amanita phalloides) or Destorying Angel (A. ocreata or A. bisporgera).
* Make sure reference books you use are intended for your local area
* Avoid LBMs ("little brown mushrooms") -- they are difficult to
identify and not worth the bother (and at least one, the Autumn Galerina,
is deadly).

Mushrooms are a fascinating hobby -- but so are flying and auto racing.
It's not something you do one day on a whim with no preparation.

John N Loc: HP14 3QF Stokenchurch, UK

All mushrooms are edible - some only once!

Sirsnapalot Loc: Hammond, Louisiana

Eating unidentified mushrooms is like playing Russian roulette

fourg1b2006 Loc: Long Island New York

That is a great way to find out. I hope you don't like this guy to much LOL.

dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho

Not necessarily. I found a beautiful puffball years ago. On the way home I stopped at the town library to check if it was safe to eat. One book said yes. Another said it was unsafe. It went into the trash.

Dennis

GregS Loc: Central Illinois, USA

I was watching one of those Survival shows and that "expert" said if it has gills..fins on the underside, don't eat it.
I will go with that and let my buddy tell me how it tastes...if he can!

sailorsmom Loc: Souderton, PA

I don't know which are poisonous and which aren't....so I wouldn't touch it!! Good shot, hassighedgehog!

hassighedgehog Loc: Corona, CA

Thank you for looking, everyone. Did not plan to eat it. Not expert enough. Not fond of the idea of feeding it to a friend either, do not want to be arrested for murder.

Hal81 Loc: Bucks County, Pa.

I wouldn't eat anything that a dog may have peed on.

Bigmike1 Loc: I am from Gaffney, S.C. but live in Utah.

Definitely poisonous. That looks like a toad stool.